Well, now it’s time for the other shoe to drop. My husband’s doctor phoned. They did a renal test yesterday prior to giving him a new prescription for his blood pressure medicine. It showed a dramatic drop in his kidney function and now he is being admitted to our local hospital this afternoon to begin dialysis.
I have been crying for a couple hours since I learned of this. Today, he joined his buddies for golf for only the second time since his surgery last October. He has been so depressed and worried, and I was so happy that he was again doing some of the things that pleased him in the past. Right now, the golf pro is driving the course to locate him so he can come home to meet with our local doctor. He still doesn’t know of this new development.
I don’t have any idea what the dialysis will entail, but apparently there is no getting around it. I am very worried about Cole and how this will impact him emotionally. He’s been through so much (prostate cancer in 2007, bladder cancer in 2008), that this news will devastate him.
Thanks, guys, for being there.
Judy